Installation overview

Get started with installing CSA Operator. Learn about the concept of installing CSA Operator, the installation artifacts, and where these artifacts are hosted.

CSA Operator is installed using a Helm chart, which installs the Apache Kubernetes Flink Operator (Flink Operator), SQL Stream Builder (SSB), and other components.

Installation artifacts and artifact locations

CSA Operator ships with various installation artifacts, hosted at two locations: the Cloudera Docker registry and the Cloudera Archive.

Both the Cloudera Docker registry and the Cloudera Archive require your Cloudera credentials (username and password) to access. Credentials are provided to you as part of your license and subscription agreement. You can access both the registry and the archive using the same credentials.

Cloudera Docker registry – container.repository.cloudera.com

The Cloudera Docker registry hosts the Helm chart as well as all Docker images used for the installation.

Table 1. CSA Operator artifacts on the Cloudera Docker registry
Artifact	Location	Description
Flink Kubernetes Operator Docker image	`container.repository.cloudera.com/cloudera/flink-kubernetes-operator:1.8-csaop1.0.0-b317`	Docker image used for deploying the various operator components shipped with the CSA Operator.
Flink Docker image	`container.repository.cloudera.com/cloudera/flink:1.18.1-csaop1.0.0-b317`	Docker image used for deploying Apache Flink and its related components.
SQL Runner Docker image	`container.repository.cloudera.com/cloudera/ssb-sql-runner:1.18.1-csaop1.0.0-b317`	Docker image used for deploying Flink application when SQL query is executed in SSB.
SQL Stream Engine Docker image	`container.repository.cloudera.com/cloudera/ssb-sse:1.18.1-csaop1.0.0-b317`	Docker image used for deploying SSB and the SSB UI.

Cloudera Archive – archive.cloudera.com/p/csa-operator/1.0.0/

The Cloudera Archive hosts various installation artifacts including the Helm chart, diagnostic tools, and the Maven artifacts.

All artifacts hosted in the Cloudera Archive are supplemental resources, accessing them is not required to complete the installation. The following table collects the CSA Operator directories located in the Cloudera Archive, with an overview of what artifacts they contain and how you can use them:

Table 2. CSA Operator artifacts on the Cloudera Archive
Archive Directory	Description
`archive.cloudera.com/p/csa-operator/1.0.0/charts/`	The charts directory contains the Helm chart. This is the same chart that is available in the Cloudera Docker registry. Cloudera recommends that whenever possible you install with the chart hosted in the registry. The chart in the archive is provided in case you cannot access the registry or want to download the chart using a browser.
`archive.cloudera.com/p/csa-operator/1.0.0/maven-repository/`	The Maven artifacts can be used to develop your own applications or tools for use with CSA Operator.
`archive.cloudera.com/p/csa-operator/1.0.0/tools/`	The tools directory contains command line tools that you use to collect diagnostic information and to troubleshoot cluster issues.